discovery, the era of Democracy, the era of Capitalism. It is not incredible to us that some time in the future, whether far or near I do not know, another era will open having incomparably vaster issues and bringing with it an unspeakably more joyous and inspiring gospel to men than that of 1900 years ago. And perhaps in recognition of that event another change in the calendar will be made, a new beginning of days and years will be established and humanity will consciously enter upon a new and glorious stage of its upward march. And perhaps, too, in that coming day men and women will speak names quite familiar to you and me, names of men some of whom we have seen and known, when they turn the pages of their bibles. It is no disparagement of the Christian era to hold the faith that other and grander eras lie ahead. Indeed, the real disparagement of the present era lies in the superstitious idea that it is the last and largest contribution to human progress.
I am going to recall to your minds some of the things which marked the beginning of this era and of all eras that we know anything about, in order that we may more clearly see and more intensely feel the meaning of certain phenomena which mark the time we are living in.
Let us understand right here on the threshold of our thinking that no one man and no group of men
